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the_average_gatsby
· 5 years ago
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As a rule I don't trust millionaires or politicians, and especially not millionaire politicians. (Except Warren Buffett, he's good people.)
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funkmasterrex
· 5 years ago
Warren is a gangsta. So is Gates.
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dcottingham
· 5 years ago
Next up: would you rather trust a meth dealer that becomes a hit man, or a hit man that becomes a meth dealer?
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granlobomalo
· 5 years ago
The hit man who becomes a meth dealer. He’ll likely have a very black-and-white code of ethics from his years as a hit man that you can analyze to make good guesses about his presumably rule-based behavior. A meth dealer who becomes a hit man is a drug dealer with a gun and an incentive to use it.
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guest_
· 5 years ago
I could agree with this. A hitman who becomes a meth dealer is likely just using contacts to diversify- perhaps even transition to legitimate investments or business. A meth dealer that becomes a hitman is more likely in my thoughts to be one who is either in desperation, or is sliding down a slippery slope of self destruction. You can only trust the desperate as far as the ends desperation pushes them, and those who are self destructive can be trusted to destroy themselves and quite likely drag those around them along. I’m disinclined to trust either though in any real sense. And I do get the original metaphors point and agree while heartedly. Politicians and the Uber wealthy tend to be people who are largely goal motivated and trust is only an asset of it helps them towards a goal- of it becomes a liability to that goal it tends to be sacrificed in the name of the “greater cause.”
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funkmasterrex
· 5 years ago
And here we are.
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pripyatplatypus
· 5 years ago
I distrust both with equal aplomb.
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demon_razgriz
· 5 years ago
Trust neither, because neither really wants to help the working class
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guest_
· 5 years ago
Depends. You can trust anyone with anything provided thebrisks to you are small, and it is aligned to their interests. Almost any unknown person can be trusted to follow their self interest. It is the primary decision making factor for most humans in most things. The real issue of trust doesn’t come into play until a person is faced with a scenario in which either the greater self benefit is in betrayal, or the risk of loss to them through integrity becomes dire and or great. In general you can trust that a billionaire will do that which is most financially prudent, or which doesn’t cause them great financial risk- as to attain and maintain that level of wealth requires one to be money minded. A politician is lightly less predictable as the motivations behind their need for power and the mechanisms of getting and keeping power aren’t as clear cut as money. If you HAVE to choose one- choose the one who’s self interests align most to your goal. Just be warned that this only works if...
guest_
· 5 years ago
... they need you to achieve that goal, or if they can’t be better served or protected by eliminating you or betraying your trust. In other words- you’re only safe if you’re useful and not a liability.
